This article focuses on the case of Columbus, New Mexico and Palomas, Chihuahua; border towns that are faced with the reality of cross-border residents and the current drug war in Mexico. Residents of the New Mexico town are afraid of the drug war spilling across the border into their quaint and police-less town. The town lacks its own police department and utilizes the Sheriff located about 30 miles away. Recently the town has seen some changes in the make-up of its residents and there is reason to believe that Mexican drug traffickers have moved themselves and their families into the New Mexican town.
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